Police said they responded to a call about 12:35 a.m. of a suicidal man armed with a knife on Lorraine Drive.

The assailant was identified as Anthony Skyles, 34.

Skyles wife is questioning why police had to shoot him because she said her husband was in the process of putting the knife down.

The woman said she called the police because she was concerned for her husband's mental state. She told authorities she wanted Skyles to be taken into custody so he could speak to a counselor about his suicidal thoughts.

Investigators said Skyles confronted the officer with the knife, and that's when a police officer fatally shot him.

"My whole world is turned upside down, and I don't know what I'm going to do," she said. "I was sitting on the couch and once I heard the gunshots, I went running to my husband."

Skyles was taken to Florida Hospital Altamonte, where he was pronounced dead.

The police officer's name was not immediately released. He was placed on administrative leave while the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigates the incident.